| Description |
Company:
Townsville Hospital and Health
Service (HHS)
Location:
Palm Island, QLD
Job Type:
Permanent Full-time or Temporary Full-time up to two (2) years.
Seeking a suitably qualified
Medical Superintendent to join our team of dedicated professionals delivering
excellence in health care to the Indigenous community of Palm Island. The
position is being offered on either a permanent full-time or temporary full-time
basis.
About the role
This
position provides medical leadership and high-quality clinical services as a
part of the multidisciplinary team delivering integrated primary, community,
and secondary level health services to the Indigenous community of Palm Island
in the locations of the Joyce Palmer Health Service and the Palm Island Primary
Health Care Centre.
The Palm Island Primary Health Care Centre
opened in 2022, with subsequent transition of services from Queensland Health
to the Palm Island Community Company (PICC).
Medical Officers will be appointed to work on
Palm Island, and it is expected that the medical officers of Joyce Palmer
Health Service will work in the Primary Care Centre on rotation, and they will
assist in maintaining functional connections between the two teams to ensure
continuity of care for patients.
What’s on offer?
Permanent Full-time or Temporary
Full-time up to two (2) years.
Remuneration package of up to
$598,550 p.a., comprising base salary range of $210,332 - $ 266,677 p.a. (+
applicable allowances/benefits) (L18-L27), recreational leave loading (17.5%),
and employer contribution to superannuation (12.75%) attraction and retention
incentive allowance, regional and rural attraction allowance, motor vehicle
allowance, professional development allowance and leave, private
practice arrangements, communications package, professional indemnity
cover and inaccessibility allowance (if applicable).
Other employment benefits include
on-call and shift allowances (if applicable), flexible working arrangements,
access to corporate discounts, staff wellness programs, employee assistance
program and attractive salary sacrificing options.
Assistance with relocation expenses
may also be available.
Eligible health workers who make the move (interstate or
international) to work with us may receive up to $70,000 in incentive payments
under the Queensland
Health Workforce Attraction Incentive Scheme (conditions apply)
.
Role requirements
Fellowship of either
the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (FACRRM) or equivalent
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (FRACGP-RG) i.e., Rural
Generalist or FRACGP candidates with similar rural and / or ED experience.
Post graduate qualifications and
demonstrated capability and experience in at least one of the following
Advanced Skills disciplines is highly desirable: Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander Health, Emergency Medicine, Rural and Remote. Demonstrated capability
in procedural obstetrics would be well regarded.
About Palm Island
Palm Island is the largest island in the Palm group, situated about 70
kilometres north of Townsville and is home to the largest Aboriginal community
in Australia of approximately 4,000 people. The Joyce Palmer Health Service was officially opened in July 2000 and
was named in honour of the late Joyce Palmer, a Palm Island nurse, recognized
for her many years of service and dedication to the Palm Island community.
The Palm
Island Health Action Plan 2018 – 2028 outlines the direction for primary health
care development and transition to community control. The actions in the Plan will assist the
community address the burden of chronic disease to live healthier and longer
lives.
The Joyce
Palmer Health Service is an integrated service with 15 hospital beds,
outpatient and emergency facilities, antenatal services, and primary health
care through a range of community health programs provided via PICC. Services
include child health, elderly, trauma, pre and postnatal, chronic conditions,
mental health, sexual and reproductive health clients.
The new
Palm Island Primary Health Care Centre and Joyce Palmer Health Service will
work closely together to ensure provision of comprehensive, seamless care to
the people of Palm Island.
Enquiries: Dr Matthew Bryant on 07 4433 3985/ Matthew.Bryant2@health.qld.gov.au
Apply ONLINE: https://smartjobs.qld.gov.au/jobs/QLD-TV601980
Closing date: Tuesday, 17 December 2024.
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